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Good morning fellow book lovers, I have returned. That’s right Jackie’s back! Please, please hold the applause. I know this is cause for celebration but really it’s too much. Well Mrs. Book Basset will be returning soon, and sadly I will have to hand the blog back over to her. Please hold back your tears. Since she will be home soon, I must go to Amazon, and do as much shopping as a chicken possibly can! So long for now. I’m off to shop ’till I drop. Jackie

23 year old Callie Hearst has a busy life as the head nurse in Grace Harbour. When her step-father is attacked and almost killed by a pack of rogue wolves she has no choice but to call her stepbrother Seth. He’s ruthless, bitter and cold. He’s everything Callie wants, but shouldn’t have. Together they must work together to find the rogue pack that is threatening their family, keeping each of them at an arms length of one another. Will Callie be able to resist the wolf she wants so badly?

John Milton considers himself an artisan. A master of killing. Milton is the man, the British government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst: the enemies of the state that MI5 and even the military can’t stop. Years of state-sanctioned murder have taken their toll. Milton is troubled by nightmares, a long line of ghosts who torment his dreams. He resolves to make his next job his last and, then, perhaps, he can start to make amends for everything that he has done. Sharon Warriner is a single mother in the East End of London, suicidal with fear that she’s lost her young son to a life in the gangs. After Milton saves her life, he promises to help. But the gang, and the charismatic rapper who leads it, is not about to cooperate with him. As London burns through summer riots, Milton finds himself in unfamiliar territory, dealing with an unfamiliar foe. And when his employer sends another agent after him, the odds against him are stacked even higher.

Jolene’s back in Kickapoo for her mother’s annual birthday bash at the DQ, which is trouble enough, but when her checkered high school past comes back to haunt her, the problems turn decidedly deadly. Thanks to her old sweetheart, Sheriff Jerry Don Parker, high school wasn’t that bad for Jolene-if you don’t count the scandal with the non-teaching English teacher, the daily death threats from a jealous rival or the cocky come-ons from the perverted principal. Okay, maybe things weren’t that great, but with bodies turning up faster than beer cans in the river, they’re a darned sight worse now. And it doesn’t help matters that old rival Rhonda-the-Lying-Davenport wants Jolene to be the next one to take a dive at Dead Man Falls…

Mastery over fire, wind, and storm. They live in the last free city in a world plagued by dark sorcerers. Talis Storm and friend Mara discover a terrible secret. The Jiserian Empire has targeted their city for attack. An army of undead soldiers. Flying necromancers. None have ever survived. When a surprise aerial invasion hits the Order’s temple, Talis casts fire magic for the first time. But his spell is wild and does more harm than good. Sorcerers try to capture Talis and Mara and they flee into the temple crypts. Awoken from an ancient rest, a fallen champion slays the sorcerers and gives Talis a legendary map. The map leads them on a quest to discover the lost temple of the sun. To save his city, Talis must discover the power of magic locked away inside the ancient temple. And become a true fire mage…

Harry The Happy Mouse is a cheerful, traditional story about a Mouse called Harry who lives in the colorful English countryside. Harry helps a Frog, but asks the Frog to repay the kindness to someone else. We follow the good deed as it moves through other characters, who each selflessly help someone else, making themselves feel happy in the process! We learn that a little bit of happiness can go a long way!